Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

800 apricot trees honor Silicon Valley's agricultural history.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

One of the largest Marian shrines on the West Coast stands rather unexpectedly in Silicon Valley.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

A rich history stashed behind an unassuming door in the heart of Gold Country.

One man's love of natural beauty led to the creation of this hidden granite monument.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.